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VINTAGE POSTCARD
City: Des Moines State or Region: Iowa Country: United States
Unit Of Sale: Single Unit Era: Europe Era: Post-War (1945-Now) Type: Printed Lithohgraph Theme: Famous Places Subject: Monument
Size: approximately 6 x 4 Inches

DESCRIPTION

This vintage postcard features the Soldiers and Sailors Monument located in Des Moines, Iowa. The monument is a tall, ornate column with statues of soldiers and sailors around its base, commemorating military personnel. The postcard shows the monument in a clear daylight setting, with a few surrounding structures and trees. The message on the back is handwritten, and a postmark from Des Moines is visible, confirming it as a used, mailed postcard.


Your postcard will be shipped in a protective sleeve.

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The postcard is previously owned/used, and some wear is expected, such as wearing along the edges,
bumping/blunting/denting of corners, chipping, creases, imprints, discoloration, etc.
There may be writing (front and/or back), smudges, scruffs, ink.
Postcards may have edge and corner wear, nicks, bending, creases, discoloration, writing, or marks from age.
The condition of the postcard is consistent with an old or antique paper postcard.
Normal aging and storage might have resulted in some yellowing, tanning, and other wearing.
Aberrations may be noted, but you need to be the final inspector.
Please refer to the scans/pictures of front and back for more details on condition.
And, please contact us with any questions you have, especially, if you see what you think might be an aberration.
We will gladly take another closer review for you and supply additional pictures, if you desire.


The postcard will be mailed in a plastic sleeve in a paperboard mailer.
Contact us prior to the sale, if you would like that upgraded.

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Postcards can be:
great works of art,
slices of history remembered,
humorous views of older times and customs,
or just plain interesting.

Collect them, trade them, give as gifts

SKU 17227